The Google Play edition of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has just received its update to Android 4.3. But along with the update comes a problem that is affecting users' handsets. It seems that for some reason, the update to Android 4.3 brings with it a bug that prevents apps from writing to a microSD card. Any attempt to do so results in an error message. The reason for this is that the apps are not seen as in the right group to be able to write on the card. Hopefully, this will soon be corrected.

In the meantime, you can go to the Google Play Store and install ES File Explorer which happens to be in the right group for writing to and reading from a microSD card. If your phone is rooted, you can get into the files and make the appropriate fix yourself directly on the phone, or from your PC. In basic terms, you are telling your phone that it is ok to give permission to the media-rw group to write to the microSD card. Once you get into the /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file, you need to focus on line 71. Check the photo below. All you are doing is adding that permission.

If you don't want to root your phone or you're worried about bricking it, you can always stick to ES File Explorer. And hopefully, a fix will be sent out soon.

Contrary to popular belief App 2 SD has NOT been removed in the AOSP tree. It's actually up to the manufacturer to decide whether they want to include the fearure upon building their ROM. Just because Google doesn't use it due to Nexus devices not having any external storage doesn't mean that the feature has been removed from the main repository. Stop spreading FUD and go learn the facts.

The whole idea why Samsung gave the option for Apps to SD in GS4 with TuchWiz was to find a solution to 8-9 GB of Tuchwiz on 16GB model fiasco. Since GS4 GPE has barely 1GB of system files there is no need to lament if that feature is gone.

Its 2013 not 2008, 64GB should be the base storage for any phone. Storage is the biggest rip off in the phone market. The bigger stock iphone cost $100 more but the price for them to use 64GB of storage is only a couple of $ more than 32GB to make.

Only Galaxy S4 supports writing apps in the sd card at present. I think it was sent in an update due to the low internal memory in S4. Installing apps in phone memory means better perfomance, lower crashes. So unless you want to show off your internal memory of the phone, install all your apps in the phone memory and all your media files on sd card. :)

Tmobile is the only carrier in the US that you can get good speeds on with real unlimited. Every other "unlimited" plan throttles you after usually 3-5GB. LTE showed up in my City about a month and its faster than ATT and Verizon is here. Last month I tested it and racked up about 200GB of data and I was still getting LTE speeds. Paying half the price of ATT every month and its better service, I don't understand why people still use them.

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